Psalm 42
BOOK TWO
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As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
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a My soul thirsts for God, for the b living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
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c My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
d "Where is your God?"
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When I remember these things,
e I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
f I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
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g Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
h Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
For the help of His countenance.
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O my God, my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar.
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Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
i All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
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The LORD will j command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And k in the night His song shall be with me -
A prayer to the God of my life.
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I will say to God my Rock,
l "Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
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As with a breaking of my bones,
My enemies reproach me,
m While they say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
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n Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
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Cross References
Psalms 63:1
O GOD, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
Psalms 84:2
My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Psalms 143:6
I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
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Cross References
Romans 9:26
"And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ' You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
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Cross References
Psalms 80:5
You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in great measure.
Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping.
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Cross References
Psalms 79:10
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
Psalms 115:2
Why should the Gentiles say, "So where is their God?
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, "Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'
Micah 7:10
Then she who is my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will see her; Now she will be trampled down Like mud in the streets.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 1:15
But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Job 30:16
And now my soul is poured out because of my plight; The days of affliction take hold of me.
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Cross References
Psalms 55:14
We took sweet counsel together, And walked to the house of God in the throng.
Psalms 122:1
I WAS glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Isaiah 30:29
You shall have a song As in the night when a holy festival is kept, And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, To come into the mountain of the LORD, To the Mighty One of Israel.
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Cross References
Psalms 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
Psalms 43:5
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
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Cross References
Psalms 71:14
But I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.
Lamentations 3:24
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!"
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Cross References
Psalms 69:1
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.
Psalms 88:7
Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
Jonah 2:3
For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:8
The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
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Cross References
Job 35:10
But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night.
Psalms 149:5
Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds.
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Cross References
Psalms 38:6
I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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Cross References
Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, "Where is your God?
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, "Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?
Micah 7:10
Then she who is my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will see her; Now she will be trampled down Like mud in the streets.
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Cross References
Psalms 43:5
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.